Columbus North’s Reese Euler performs on the vault against Columbus East Jan. 8 at East.
The Republic file photo
Reese Euler is determined to have better results at Saturday’s Gymnastics State Finals.
The Columbus North junior made the podium in three of the four events at last year’s state meet and finished fourth in the all-around competition. During Friday’s Franklin Central Regional, Euler was the runner-up in the all-around with a 37.55. She was the sectional champion on Feb. 23.
Euler said it was about getting more repetition and putting in more skill sets to obtain higher scores. She mentioned that she and the team looked at videos of their routines from regional in hopes to learn what they need to improve on for Saturday.
“Going into state, especially, it’s about being super consistent and confident in each skill,” Euler said. “We’re trying to apply what we watch in the videos this week to improve on the little things to score higher this week.”
Reese Euler
Euler controls her own destiny at getting back to the podium in some events. Looking at just the regional results, Euler had the state’s second-best score on the bars with a 9.575, trailing only Homestead’s Jillian Creager’s 9.725. She is tied for the sixth-best vault score with a 9.45 and tied for third-best floor score with 9.6, trailing only Jessica Floyd of Bloomington North (9.825) and Creager (9.65).
Euler’s beam score of 8.925 put in her sixth place at the regional, but she had a half-point deduction because of a fall. Not factoring in the fall, she would of scored a 9.425, which would put her tied for sixth.
In the all-around, Euler’s 37.55 was the fifth-best regional score. Without the fall, she would rank third, just three-tenths of a point behind leader Bridget Donovan of Crown Point.
The Achilles heel for Euler last year at state was her floor score. She finished 16th with a score of 9.075, which could have cost her a state title in the all-around. She settled for fourth instead, only a half-point back.
“On events like floor and beam, toe points, keeping your legs together, stuck landings are things that I can work on,” Euler said. “On floor, keeping my legs together and tumbling passes, and on leaps, keeping my chest up on things and really sticking and cleaning everything up will help, especially at state, that’s something (the judges) look for in to winning state.”
If Euler keeps her routines clean, she feels great about her position heading into Saturday. Opening Ceremonies are at 11 a.m., and competition starts at 11:30 a.m. at Ball State’s Worthen Arena.
“After last year, I felt like it gave me confidence to know that I got runner-up on bars and medaled in a couple other things and knowing I can do better in some events,” Euler said. “Again, watching the videos, and sometimes you don’t want to watch it, but it helps you learn and grow from that experience so you won’t let it happen again.”
